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7	!!Anime & Manga
8	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure:'' ''Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback'': Cannolo Murolo is a WholeCostumeReference to Alex [=DeLarge=], down to the eyeliner design under his left eye.
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10	!!Films
11	* ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia'' has Miss Macintosh forcing a Norman through lessons in politeness in a clear parody of TheLudovicoTechnique.
12	* In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', there's a motorcycle gang that dresses like the droogs.
13	* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' features a dumb, brutish character named Dim.
14	* Creator/HeathLedger's take on ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' was partly inspired by Alex.
15	* ''Film/DieHard''[='=]s use of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was inspired by this film.
16	* In ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', Carl Showalter says he's looking for "the old in-out in-out".
17	* In both versions of ''Film/FunnyGames'', a bourgeois family is assaulted in their home by villains in white outfits.
18	* ''Film/LookWhosBack'' {{Book End}}s with two iconic music pieces heard in ''A Clockwork Orange'', namely the overture of Music/GioachinoRossini's ''"Thieving Magpie"'' at the beginning when UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler awakens in Berlin, and Henry Purcell's ''"Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary"'' at the very end with the montage of populist parties and anti-Islam demonstrations. What's more, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm81Ml8STZg one of the trailers]] featured a quick montage of scenes and one-word inter-titles with Rossini's ''"William Tell"'' overture playing, just like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1204n6GZw one of the old trailers]] of ''A Clockwork Orange'' did back in the day.
19	* The torture scene in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' was described by Creator/QuentinTarantino in an interview as a direct reference to the scene where Alex kicks the writer and rapes his wife to the tune of "Singin' in the Rain". The film is also referenced during the title sequence all the men are walking in slow motion, as Alex and his droogs did. The latter scene was also referenced with O-Ren Ishii in ''Film/KillBill''.
20	* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': The Droogs are among the spectators at the Dom Ball game.
21	* In ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', Creator/JackBlack, while trying to sleep on a park bench, is assaulted by a gang dressed as the droogs.
22	* ''Film/TheyClonedTyrone'': A prisoner in the underground lab has her eyes forced open and is forced to watch footage with subliminal messages, similar to Alex’s therapy.
23	* In ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'', the Inferno club has similar text-based wall art to the Korova Milk Bar. Plus, some of the cinematography is similar.
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25	!!Live-Action TV
26	* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Spike, who revels in sex and violence, is has a chip placed in his head that hurts him when he tries to commit violence. Doug Petrie said that this was inspired by the film.
27	* In "Contorno", the fifth episode of season 3 of ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', the same section of Rossini's The Thieving Magpie was played on a record player during a fight between Jack Crawford and Hannibal Lecter in Florence, Italy. Executive producer Bryan Fuller described the scene as "a full-on homage to Kubrick's ''A Clockwork Orange''" on Website/{{Twitter}}.
28	* ''Series/DarkAngel'': One of Creator/JensenAckles's twin characters was named Alec [=McDowell=] after Alex [=DeLarge=] and Malcolm [=McDowell=], and was originally intended by the writers to be more like Alex than he ended up being.
29	* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]" was inspired by the film. It features a machine that rehabilitates criminals by removing the will to commit evil.
30	* ''Series/TheGoodies''. In "Invasion of the Moon Creatures", super-intelligent rabbits from the Moon are launching an AlienInvasion, including turning Bill and Tim into giant rabbits. They're shown changing ''A Clockwork Orange'' poster to ''The Transistorized Carrot'', then dress up like droogs and go around beating up people with giant carrots and molesting playboy bunnies.
31	* The Canadian 1990s TV series ''Series/OnceAThief'' featured an episode titled "Wang Dang Doodle" that parodied ''A Clockwork Orange'' directly.
32	* When Creator/MalcolmMcDowell hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', he appeared in a sketch as Alex for the American Milk Association.
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34	!!Music
35	* Music/{{Blur}} borrowed imagery from the film for the music video to their song "The Universal".
36	* Music/DavidBowie started most of his concerts during his Ziggy Stardust period with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony from the film's soundtrack, and used the film as inspiration for stage costumes during that time. Bowie's lyric "say droogie don’t crash here!" in the song "Suffragette City" referenced Alex's word for his friends, and many of the lyrics in the song "Girl Loves Me" from his last album, ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'', are in Nadsat.
37	* The 1987 music video for "Welcome to the Jungle" by Music/GunsNRoses featured scenes of Axl Rose strapped in a chair with a brace on his forehead while watching stacked [=TVs=] with various images of violence and sex, much like the Ludovico technique.
38	* Music/LadyGaga used music from the film as entrance music during concerts in 2010.
39	* John Bonham of Music/LedZeppelin wore an outfit similar to Alex's while touring in 1975.
40	* Argentine punk band Los Violadores titled one of their songs "Uno, dos, ultraviolento" ("One, Two, Ultraviolent" in Spanish), and the song itself seems to be written from Alex [=DeLarge's=] POV, even using the Nadsat slang.
41	* In ''Madonna: Truth or Dare'', during one performance, Music/{{Madonna}} dons a bowler hat and says "A bit of the old in-out in-out" in a Cockney accent.
42	* Music/MarilynManson dresses up as Alex [=DeLarge=] in his video "Tattooed in Reverse".
43	* Music/KylieMinogue wore a white jumper and fake eyelashes, similar to Alex's, while performing on her 2001 Fever tour.
44	* Music/MyChemicalRomance frontman Gerard Way occasionally dressed as Alex, and the band's 2010 album ''Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'' was inspired by the film.
45	* Music/NewOrder titled one of their songs "Ultra-Violence" on their album ''Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies''.
46	* Music/TheRamones' album ''Too Tough to Die'' has a cover that homages the tunnel scene and one of the songs is named "Durango '95" after the car the Droogs steal.
47	* The title and music video of Music/RobZombie's "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)" were inspired by the film.
48	* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s outfit for her "You Da One" music video was inspired by the film.
49	* Music/{{Sepultura}} wrote a ConceptAlbum retelling the story, ''A-Lex''.
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51	!!Video Games
52	* The opening cutscene to ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' was a {{homage}} to the film.
53	* A track in ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' and ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' is titled Clockwork Wumpa.
54	* In the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' spin-off, ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind'', the new villain "White", is clearly inspired by Alex [=DeLarge=], from his white outfit with a bowler hat to using a cane as his weapon and walking in a style similar to Malcolm [=McDowell=]'s portrayal of Alex.
55	* "Ultra-Violence" is the second-highest [[note]]and highest at launch, prior to the addition of [[HarderThanHard "Nightmare!"]][[/note]] difficulty level in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.
56	* In ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', you can purchase Alex [=DeLarge's=] hat from Auric's shop and put it on your Skylanders.
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58	!!Web Original
59	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[StarterVillain Roman Torchwick's]] wardrobe is a WholeCostumeReference to Alex [=DeLarge=].
60	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5198 SCP-5198]] is a self-help lorem ipsum book. If a human with mental illness(es) reads it, the human's control over their writing gets possessed by a ghost and causes nightmares. Texts written by SCP-5198 were discovered in one of the victims' laptop.
61	-->Those nightmares you've been having aren't a coincidence. I've got a whole fucking [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner-Bros]]-level movie studio in here. The one I've lined up for tonight is a doozy. Remember ''Clockwork Orange''? Jog five miles by noon tomorrow, or Alex in the theater is going to be you in your bed for the rest of your life.
62	!!WesternAnimation
63	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}:'' Duckman pulls out a reel of his old home movies. Cornfed hastily tries to make excuses and leave. GilliganCut to the projector running and Cornfed strapped into a Ludovico technique setup.
64	* The TV series ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Death and Texas" features a prison guard with a written list of volunteer executioners creepily eager to oblige with the state's death penalty; the name "Alex [=DeLarge=]" is written in the notebook.
65	* The introduction of the Dandies in ''WesternAnimation/LongLiveTheRoyals'' spoofs the opening shot of the film.
66	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", the military school the boys are sent to after getting busted uses TheLudovicoTechnique in order to stop Phineas and Ferb from using their imagination.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' contains frequent references to the film:
68	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]", Mr. Burns brainwashes Santa's Little Helper into being one of his attack dogs by using the Ludovico technique.
69	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", Bart complains of a pain in the gulliver.
70	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Treehouse of Horror III]]", Bart dresses up as Alex.
71	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless Duffless]]", as a result of Lisa's electroshock therapy, Bart experiences difficulty in reaching for the cupcakes after dinner, in a manner similar to the effects of Alex's therapy; in particular, one shot parodies the film, with Bart looking up at the cupcakes on the table, in the same way Alex looks up to the actress' chest after his therapy.
72	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E17HomerTheSmithers Homer the Smithers]]", Mr. Burns falls out of a window in the same way that Alex attempts suicide. While recovering, he chews loudly and pausing his speech for Smithers to spoon-feed him
73	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXI Treehouse of Horror XXI]]", at the end of a segment titled "Master and Cadaver", Maggie is seen wearing Alex's hat and eyelash. She drinks milk from her bottle with the film's theme song playing.
74	** On October 19, 2014, the show parodied the film with a segment titled "A Clockwork Yellow" in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV Treehouse of Horror XXV]]".
75	* There have been many references to the film on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (when asked to name something he considered a mind-altering work of art, Trey Parker said, "It's super cliché, but ''A Clockwork Orange'' really did fuck me up".)
76	** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E6TwoHundredOne 201]]", Mitch Connor (Cartman's hand-puppet) pretends to be a black man and asks to use the telephone at someone's house.
77	** In episode 206, "[[Recap/SouthParkTheCoonAndFriendsTrilogy Coon 2: Hindsight]]", the scene where the Coon attacks the rest of his gang was reminiscent of the scene in which Georgie insists things be run in a "new way" that entails less power for Alex, who responds by attacking them while walking in order to re-establish his leadership.
78	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E6JailbreakEvilSpatula Jailbreak!]]", Plankton's prison number is #655321, which is the same as Alex's prison number.

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